Some key results on vectors and matrices (cf. sections 2.2, 2.3 and supplement 2A)
1 2
x x x = x ⋮
Vector (column vector):
n
x
vector):
[ ]
1 2 n
x x x ′= x ⋯
Transposed
- f a vector
(row vector):
2 2 2 1 2 n
L x x x = + +
x
⋯
Length of a vector:
1
Multiplication by constant:
1 2 n
cx cx c cx = x ⋮
Unit vector in direction of x :
2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 c n
L c x c x c x c L = + + =
x x
⋯
Length:
1
L−
x x
2
1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 n n n n
x y x y x y x y x y x y + + + = + = + x y ⋮ ⋮ ⋮
Addition:
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1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 n i i i i k k i i i i i i n i i ni i
x c x x c c c x x
= = = =
= =
∑ ∑ ∑ ∑
x ⋮ ⋮
Linear combination:
1 k i i i
c
=
=
∑ x
Vectors x1,…., xn (of the same dimension) are linearly dependent if there exist constants c1,…. , cn , not all zero, such that Otherwise the vectors are linearly independent
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